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RC Cars Scout IEDs

rc_car.jpgNow this is cool. Soldiers in Iraq, upon finding a possible IED, send out a little remote control car to push it over. If it's light enough to move, then it's not a bomb. If it's heavy then it's dangerous. At night they tape a flashlight to the roof. It's an almost perfect solution to a what must be a horrible situation.

Some hijinks from a Military.com post:

I've suggested to E.S. that he put some fancy paint and a couple of LED lights on his toy car, demonstrate it to some Army brass at the Pentagon, and sell it to them for $80,000.

RC TOYS VS. IEDs [DefenseTech]

4:14 PM on Tue May 17 2005
By johnb
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